Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Thursday that he was ready for dialogue with protesters to find the best solution for saving the country from financial crisis, Vanguard reported.
The president in a televised address to the nation promised that he would fight state corruption as demanded by protesters. He said there was a need to review the current government. Aoun said he would back new laws aimed at fighting corruption, including proposals for laws that would lift bank secrecy and scrap immunity from presidents, ministers, and MPs, moves that could pave the way for investigations.
The Protesters expressed outrage accusing ruling elite of corruption and calling for the government’s resignation. The anger has swept Lebanon since last week, paralyzing the country despite announced reforms intended to pull it from a crisis.
